Corinne's eyes slowly opened as the sunlight shone straight into her eyes. She held her hand up as a shield. Her back felt stiff and sore. The hard thing she had been sleeping on didn't help. Hard thing?

The sun was hidden by some clouds just then, and Corinne was looking up at large maple leaves.

"Am I in a tree?" She said slowly. She gasped and sat straight up "I'm in a tree!" the branch she was on wasn't very wide, and her sudden movement made her lose her balance. She tried her best to stay on the branch, but with a little squeal, she fell from the branch and hit the ground with a 'thud'!

Barbie was pulling some muffins out of the oven when she heard a strange noise. It sounded like someone screamed then hit the ground.

She straightened up and sat the muffins on the counter "Chelsea." She said, turning to the young girl sitting at the kitchen table "What was that?"

The six year old shrugged "I don't know." Then she gasped "Maybe it was a kitten!"

Barbie pulled off her oven mitts and walked towards the kitchen door "I doubt it." She opened the door and saw a blond haired girl slowly standing to her feet, with her back facing towards the house.

Barbie looked at the girl. She was about her height with waist length, slightly curled blond hair and a mid-calf length hot pink dress and hot pink boots.

The girl dusted her dress off, and then she froze. Apparently she realized she was being watched. She slowly turned around.

Barbie gasped at the same time the other girl did. They slowly walked towards each other.

Stacy came running out the door and froze when she saw the two girls "Whoa!" she exclaimed, looking back and forth between the two "You look exactly alike!"

Barbie cocked her head the same time the other girl did "I know you from somewhere." Stacy started to speak, but Barbie cut her off "And it's not my mirror."

The girl pushed some hair behind her ear "I'm Corinne."

Barbie gasped and then backed up "No way."

"What?" Stacy asked curiously "What? Long lost twin? Long lost clone?"

Barbie scratched her head "How did you get here?"

Corinne shrugged, she felt like she could trust this girl "I don't know. On moment I'm asleep in this bed, and the next I'm in that tree… and falling out." She rubbed her sore head "Not fun."

Barbie nodded absently "Please. Come inside."

Corinne follow cautiously into the large pink house.

Stacy followed "Barbie! Who is this? How do you know her?"

Barbie glanced back at Corinne "We met once, long ago."

Corinne's eyebrows furrowed "We did?"

Barbie nodded "Skipper!" she called "Hurry up! You and the others need to leave for school right now!"

Skipper wandered into the kitchen, her eyes glued to her Ipad "Okay."

"Go get Kelly." Barbie told Stacy "And quickly."

"Aren't you going to school?" Chelsea asked.

"No." Barbie answered "Something came up and I can't go."

"Then who's going to drive us?" Skipper asked, eyeing the keys hopefully.

"Definitely not you." Barbie chuckled "The car has autodrive. It'll take you and bring you back."

As soon as Stacy returned with Kelly, Barbie pushed them out the door "Have fun!"

Corinne chuckled "Quite a group. Four blonds and one brown?"

Barbie shrugged "I haven't figured out where Skipper got her brown hair, but…" she took Corinne into the living room "Please, make yourself comfortable."

Corinne sat down in a recliner "This seat has feathers in it!"

Barbie nodded "Corinne, let me explain something to you. You aren't in Paris anymore. You're in Malibu, and way ahead of your time."

Corinne looked at her confused "What do you mean? How do you know me?"

"We met a long time ago, I guess you could say." Barbie answered "It's a long story."

"Well, I've got all day." Corinne answered mentally twirling some hair around her finger.

Barbie walked over to a bookshelf and pulled a large pink book off of it and handed it to the other girl "This might actually explain it easier."

Corinne took the book and opened it "The Nutcracker?"

"Yes." Barbie sat down beside her "That was the first story I ever told." She reached out and flipped through the pages "Here, read this one."

Corinne nodded "The three musketeers?" she scanned the page, than gasped "That's my story!"

Barbie smiled "Yes. That's how I knew who you were. I…uh… created you."

Corinne thought for a second "So… am I real?"

Barbie laughed "Apparently. I guess I didn't realize how real I made me stories become."

Corinne flipped through it and stopped on the page of the accidental balloon ride. Barbie had drawn a picture of Louis in there, and it looked just like him. She sighed "I hope he's okay."

"Why wouldn't he be?" Barbie asked "Nothing else happens there, right?"

Corinne chuckled "Are you kidding? It never stops!"

"Really? But how?"

Corinne flipped to the end of the story and read the last line "With many more adventures to come."

Barbie chuckled "Yes, I guess I did."

Corinne closed the book and handed it back to Barbie "So, did you write what's happening in my home now?"

Barbie shook her head "I haven't made up a story in two years. The last one I did was in the pink shoes… I haven't done anymore."

"Why?"

"People just don't respond to them anymore." Barbie answered, placing the book back on the shelf "But, what is happening in… Paris?"

"Everything's fading." Corinne stood up and walked over to a window "The secret passageways, the buildings. It's all slowly disappearing! Even some of the people."

Barbie's eyebrows raised in confusion "I don't understand how."

"And I don't know how I got here." Corinne turned to face her "There has to be a reason, right?" she smiled slightly "Unless you wrote, 'Someday I will meet Corinne' in one of those stories."

Barbie shook her head "Nope. I don't know why you're here. I didn't even know you were real."

The front door suddenly flew open and two girls came running through the door. One was dark with dark brown hair and the other was pale with brown hair.

"Nikki!" Barbie said in shock "Teresa! What are y'all doing here?"

"You weren't at school. We thought you were sick." Nikki answered.

Barbie chuckled nervously "No. I just got… distracted." She looked back at Corinne. Nikki and Teresa followed her gaze and gasped.

"She looks just like you!" Teresa exclaimed "I mean, same hair, same eyes, same face! Whoa. That's freaky."

Barbie shook her head "Come on in guys. This is Corinne, she's an old friend of mine."

"Barbie, I have known you my whole life and I don't recall you ever mentioning this friend." Nikki said, placing her hands on her hips.

Barbie tittered "Actually I have. Just don't dwell on it."

Corinne stood up nervously "Hi."

Teresa leaned over to Barbie "A little behind on the fashion line, isn't she?"

Barbie rubbed her head. This was going to get difficult.